Around the world with an abundance of Miles!

Category: Commentary

I see a lot of posts this morning about using the American Express Platinum benefits. Most of these are coming from bloggers with affiliate links and I would say most are as such tainted in their usefulness. Here is my take on how best to...

Happy New Year to all readers! Let’s hope 2014 brings us lots of miles, points, crazy offers, ill-thought out promos, mistake fares and all the other things that bring smiles to our faces. Some think 2013 was a rough year in our world because of...

Thanks to the folks who made it out to last night’s get-together near RDU. In the end only a handful made it along, but it was a hardcore MS crowd. I am going to venture the folks around the table last night, that represent roughly...

I’ve kept promising a few of you I’d arrange a local get together at some point. I appreciate this is late notice and it’s the busy holiday season and all but figured there is no harm in trying. So let me suggest next Thursday December...

If you are seeing this post it’s because you have found me on my new web hosting. I was having a lot of serious problems with my prior hosting company with the blog frequently down. My apologies to any of you who have not been...

This evening I spent over $14,000 in less than an hour on credit cards that earned me points. I didn’t buy a car, or a diamond ring, or a bunch of high-tech equipment. Instead, I bought several cash-equivalents at a pharmacy store, a grocery store...

My friend Matt from Saverocity went on a rant about using miles to fly first class and then using points to stay at what are basically American standardized chain hotels. I really like Matt’s blog, it combines discussion of both travel hacking with miles and...

So on the topic of change, see how the world of Mileage Running has changed in less than 3 years: Mileage Running, Circa late 2010 Round-trip flight to Las Vegas with overnight accommodation courtesy of Expedia.ca Amazing $300 Screw Up – total cost $20 Out of pocket expenses...

It’s been a bit quiet on here the past few weeks as I have been rather inundated at work working on various moving pieces that have been a huge drag on my time. But it’s been a very busy few weeks in the points world...

With 2012 coming to a close I wanted to look back on the many trips we managed this year that were all made possible due to this hobby of collecting miles. We manage to pull off several excellent vacations that would not have been remotely...

Hey folks sorry it’s been a while since posting… both work and family life have been very busy over the past couple of weeks. I have been travelling a lot both work and play, including a bit of time to catch a drink with fellow...